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NVAP Reference Guide - FAD

Recognition and Initial Response

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Preface

Introduction

Control and Eradication

Brucellosis

Johne’s Disease

Pseudorabies (PRV)

Tuberculosis

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

Scrapie

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

Poultry
National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)

Avian Influenza (AI)

Exotic Newcastle disease (END)

Equine Disease

Aquatic Animal

Aquatic Animal National Health Plan

Aquatic Animal Health Activities

Animal Health Emergency Management

Animal Health Emergency Management

Emergency Response Structure

National Response Framework (NRF)

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

National Animal Health Emergency Management System (NAHEMS)

Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Plan (FAD PReP)

FAD Recognition and Initial Response

National Animal Health Emergency Response Corps (NAHERC)

Notifiable Diseases and Conditions

WOAH and International Standards

Cleaning and Disinfection

Importance of Cleaning & Disinfection

Cleaning

Disinfection

Regulation of Disinfectants

Safety

Disease Surveillance

Laboratory Submissions

Animal Movement

Interstate Regulations

Interstate Movement of Cattle, Horses, Swine, Sheep and Goats

Issuing Interstate Animal Movement Documents

International Animal Movement

Issuing International Health Certificates (IHCs) for Live Animal Movement

Common Problems Observed on Certificates for Live Animal Movement
Animal Identification 

Animal Identification

Cattle Identification

Swine Identification

Equine Identification

Sheep and Goat Identification

Fowl Identification

Compliance and Regulations

Appendix

A: 9 CFR PARTS 160, 161, and 162

B: APHIS VS District Offices

C: State Animal Health Officials

D: Forms

E: Other Organizational Information with Contact Points

F: Web Sites

G: Equine Teeth and Aging

The local veterinary practitioner, who may be the first to suspect the possible

presence of an FAD, is one of the most important figures in the

Government–veterinarian–producer partnership formed to prevent and respond to

FADs. The veterinarian’s alertness to the possibility of serious disease and prompt

action in notifying both the APHIS–VS Assistant District Director (AD) and the State

Animal Health Official can mean the difference between immediate disease

containment and a protracted control and eradication effort involving large-scale

economic consequences and possibly requiring many months or years to complete.

Once the notification is made, a specially trained FAD diagnostician (State or

Federal) visits the premises, investigates the report, and takes diagnostic samples.

On the basis of results of this process, the FAD diagnostician makes a field

diagnosis, initiates appropriate control measures, ships diagnostic samples to the

National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL), and informs the AD or SAHO.

After the presence of disease has been confirmed and regulatory measures have

been put in place for pathogen control, local veterinarians continue to play key roles

not only by increasing public awareness of disease-control measures but also by
supporting or joining the disease control and eradication effort. Joining the effort is

done through the National Animal Heath Emergency Reserve Corps (NAHERC), a

program that provides temporary Federal status for selected private veterinary

practitioners and animal health technicians. See the section on NAHERC, below, for

more information.

When an incident occurs, the appropriate AD and SAHO will establish an Incident

Command Post (ICP) with an Incident Management Team (IMT), and will delegate

their authority to take appropriate action to the Incident Commander (IC) of the IMT.

The IMT consist of all types of communication, safety, and liaison sections. This team

is the incident’s command and general staff. The IMT also includes four line

organizations to perform all of the effort required to identify, contain, eradicate,

recover, and return the situation to normal business practices. These line

organizations include sections for operations, planning, logistics, and finance and

administration. Within each of these sections is the capability to accomplish all of

the tasks necessary to ensure a successful outcome to an animal health emergency.

If multiple ICPs are needed in the State, an Area Command may be established to

coordinate the activities of the ICs through this organization. The AD and SAHO will

continue to set priorities for the ICs and for use of resources.

In any given incident, one of three levels of response may be appropriate and

commensurate with the severity of the outbreak or other emergency:

A local or limited response: This level of response is managed by local, State,

Tribal, Federal, and industry officials with response coordination provided

primarily at the State and regional levels and with national-level consultation

and consequence management (like trade issues).

A regional response: A regional response is managed by local, State, Tribal,

Federal, and industry officials—in some cases, with the involvement of the

appropriate State emergency management agency as specified in State animal

health emergency response plans. National-level crisis management, response

coordination, consultation, and consequence management are required.

A national response: A national response requires the combined efforts of local,

State, Tribal, Federal, and industry agricultural officials; coordination from

nonagricultural personnel from Government bodies like DHS; and the support of

the private and volunteer sectors in national-level crisis management, response

coordination, consultation, and consequence management.